Ecological restoration of land with particular reference to the mining of metals and industrial minerals: A review of theory and practice

Environmental Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 41-71

  Cooke, J A ^a   Johnson, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ecological theory; Mining; Rehabilitation; Restoration; Revegetation; Succession

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; HEURISTIC METHODS; LAND RECLAMATION; MINING; RESTORATION; VEGETATION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

LAND RESTORATION;

ECOLOGY;

EID: 0036009495     PISSN: 11818700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/a01-014     Document Type: Review

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